Paper-bag package



Jan. 31, 1928.

L R. PAYNE PAPER BAG PACKAGE Filed Jan.29, 1927 INVENTOR .L ROY PAYNEwflw 14w? ATTORNEYS Fatenjted Jan, 31, 1928.,

UNITED STATES QFFMJE.

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Application filed January ea, 18W. Serial No. 1%,6131.

l his invention relates to paper-bag packages of food supplies such asdried fruits,

and has as an object the provision of a handy, attractive, and verycompact paperbag sales package of such supplies for the grocer todispense, as against the weighing out of loose commodities, or theunsightly and unwieldy common paper-bag of suc foods, as well asproviding a package equal in appearance an compactness to a cartonpackage at lesser cost and one easier to carry.

Briefly described the invention is a cpm .bination of a paper-bagpackage folded in a 'certain way and engaged by a wire loop handle, andpreferably the package having a rectangular term and the handle toldableflat against the package within its contour.

Fig. l is a perspective viewpt the completed package. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation at the against t e top of the bag. Flgs. 3, d, 5, 6, and l arereduced size side elevations of the packa e to illustrate the steps ofits making with t e aid of a mold, the forward wall of the mold beinbroken away.

lln further detail the paper-bag is designoted it and the wire handle 2.

The handle 2 on -ages under a special fold in the end of the ha and isfree to swing down from a vertical to a horizontal position as indicatedin Fig. 2..

The package tho a paper bag is seen to be at well defined rectangularoutline with :tairly sharp corners as at it. so that when the handle isswung flat against the package as in Fig. 2 it will tall within theoutline of the packa e and the whole will form a rectangular lock forpacking a number into a shippin case wit out lost space and so that onewil support the other just like carton goods.

The form of the package is due to the nature of its contents (driedfruit) as well as the manner of its making in a mold as shown in Fi 3,4, 5, and 6.

To make t e package, the bag is placed in a rectangular mold 3 and driedfruit is introduced and forced in tightly with a rectangular plunger 4to thereby force the fruit into the corners and the bag to assume theexact shape of the mold and make the upper surface of the fruitperfectly flat as indicated by the dotted line '5.

The plunger is withdrawn and the bag ackage with handle toldedflatfolded together over the Fruit, to present a vertical quadruplelayer central wall 6 as indicated in Fi l, aiter which the extreme end 7of the bag is folded downwardly against the vertical wall 6, the Wireloop handle 2 is placed over the standing told and the standing told isthen glued or cemented down fiat upon the end of the bag as shown inFig. 6, and the completed pack age is then removed from the mold.

On account of the pliable and slightly sticky nature of dried fruit suchas ralsins, runes, peaches, figs, etc., the rectangular -orrn of thepackage will endure, in fact will become firmer as the fruit graduallyloses. some of its moisture in storage.

Instead of the above descr ibed method of filling the packa e the wireloop handle may be secured in p ace by the same folds described on oneend of an empty bag, same as the showin of Fig. 2, and the lower end Xof the bag left open for filling. lhe bag in this case is inverted as itwere into thp mold with the wire handle 2 at the bottom thereof as shownin Fig. '2', and after which the fruit is :torced in the open end of thebag and the same folded and sealed tightly against the surface 5 of thefruit.

lln contemplating my packa e as disclosed in Fig. 1 it will be seen thatthe flat folding of quadruple wall 6 engaged by the straight alignedends 2 of the wire handle and with told 7 cemented down along the upperstraight corner A of the package results in four thicknesses of pa orover the handle, thereby removing any anger of the handle tearing. out,and the arrangement transmits the weight of the package directly throughthe entire width of the main vertical walls of the bag to-the handle,thus avoiding any tendency of the weight to cause any distortion of therectangular form of the bagackage.

While I have described the bag as bein of paper, and of which materialit wil usually be made, it is evident that a cloth bag might be formedinto the package described and accordingly where I use the wordspaper-bag in my appended claims I intend this to include any otherflexible bag material out of which a package is made in accordance withmy invention.

I claim:

1. A bag-package of dried fruit, the fruit presenting a fiat uppersurface, the bag being folded upon itself and sealed over the flatsurface of the fruit, and a handle engaging under the fold of the bag.

2. A bag-package of dried fruit, the fruit presenting a flat uppersurface and vertlcal flat sides, the be being folded upon itself andsealed over t e flat surface of the fruit along a line adjacent one ofsaid flat sides, and a handle engaging under the fold of the be g; Apaper-bag package of dried fruit, the fruit presenting a fiat uppersurface and vertical flat sides, the bag being folded upon itself andsealed over the flat suriaee of the fruit, and a wire loop handle havinga leg 1.

of the loop extending under the walls of the fold substantially acrossthe bag parallel to said flat sides. H

4. A paper-bag with a wire handle secured thereto, said handle being ofloop formation with a straight side lying against the bag across the endthereof and the material of the bag being folded to four thicknessesextending over said straight side of the handle and cemented to the bodyof the bag.

L ROY PAYNE.

